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United States Patent 3,127,389 ORGANIC DYESTUFFS Karl Seitz,Neu-Allschwil, and Henri Riat, Arlesheim,

Switzerland, assignors to Ciba Corporation, a corporation of Delaware NoDrawing. Filed May 18, 1961, Ser. No. 110,903 Claims priority,application Switzerland May 23, 1960 12 Claims. (Cl. 260-146) Thisinvention provides organic dyestuffs which con tain a pyridazine radicalthat contains at least one halogen atom and a further electronegativesubstituent, which latter substituent includes inter alia a halogenatom.

Especially valuable are water-soluble dyestuffs of this kind whichcontain, in addition to at least one or preferably more than one groupimparting solubility in Water, a dichloroor dibromo-pyridazine radicalwhich contains in addition to the halogen atoms an electronegativesubstituent, such as a nitro or cyano group or preferably a furtherhalogen atom.

The pyridazine radical may be bound directly or through a bridge member,for example, to an oxygen, sulfur or advantageously a nitrogen atom ofthe dyestuff molecule. The said nitrogen atom may be further substitutedby an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic or aromatic radical.Especially valuable are acid dyestuffs as defined above which contain atleast one group of the formula in which n represents a whole number notgreater than 6, and each Y represents a halogen atom.

In addition lo a group of the above formula, which may be bound throughan alkylene radical or through a -CO or SO group or advantageouslydirectly to an aromatic ring of the dyestutf molecule, the dyestuffs ofthe invention may contain at least one group imparting solubility inWater, for example, a sulfonic acid amide group which may be acylated, amethyl sulfone group, one or preferably more than one ionized stronglyacid group imparting solubility in water, such as an HO SO- group, acarboxylic acid or sulfonic acid group. They may also contain furthersubstituents, more especially those not imparting solubility in water,such as halogen atoms or nitro, acylamino, alkyl or alkoxy groups.

The dyestuffs of the invention can be made from dyestuff components ofwhich at least one contains one of the aforesaid substituents, forexample, by coupling or by diazotization and coupling. Such dyestuffcomponents containing a halogen-pyridazine radical can be made bymethods in themselves known, for example, by the Friedel- Craftscondensation or by the condensation of an acylatable compound with an atleast dihalogenated pyridazine which contains an electronegativesubstituent, for

example, one or two further halogen atoms, and especially with3:4:6-tribromoor 3:4:6-trichloro-pyridazine, 3-pl1enyl-4z56-trichloro-pyridazine, Z-phenyl-S 6-dichloro-S-hydroxyQ:3-dihydro-pyridazine or advantageously3:4:516-tetrabromoor 3:4z5:6-tetrachloro-pyridazine or 4: 5-dibromo-36-dichloropyridazine.

As examples of amines of Which the diazo-compounds may be used, theremay be mentioned, for example, the following amines:

Aniline, 0-, m-, p-toluidine, o-anisidine, chloroand/ or1-aminobenzene-2-, -3- or -4-sulfonic acid, 1-aminobenzene-3- or-4-carboxylic acid, l-aminobenzene-Z S-disulfonic acid,4-amino-1-methoxybenzene 2-sulfonic acid,Z-amino-1-methoxybenzene-4-sulfonic acid, 3-amino-6-oxybenzoicacid-S-sulfonic acid, S-acetylamino-2-aminobenzene-l-sulfonic acid,4-acetylamino-l-aminobenzene-l-sulfonic acid, S-acetylaminoorS-benzoylamino-2-aminobenzene-lcarboxylic acid, l-amino-S- 24-dichlorotriazinyl- 6) )-aminobenzene- 4-sulfonic acid, 1-arnino-3-(2-chloro-4-aminotriazinyl- (6) )-aminobenzene-4-sulfonic acid,chloroor nitro-aminobenzene-sulfonic acid, 1-aIr1inonaphthalene-4-, -5-,-6- or -7-sulfonic acid, 2-aminonaphthalene-4-, -6-, -7- or -8-sulfonicacid, Z-amintinaphthalene-l-sulfonic acid, 1-aminonaphthalene-36-disulfonic acid, Q-aminonaphthalene-l S-disulfonic acid,2-aminonaphthalene-3:6-, -4:8-, -5 :7- or -6: B-disulionic acid, 1-(3'-or 4-aminobenzoyl)-aminobenzene-3-sulfonic acid, 3-aminopyrene-8- or-lO-monosulfonic acid, 3-aminopyrene-5 8- or -5: IO-disulfonic acid,4-nitro 4-aminostilbene-2:2-disulfonic acid, O-acyl-derivatives ofaminonaphthol-sulfonic acids, for eX- ample, O-acyl-derivatives of1-amino-8-oxynaphthalene- 3:6- or -4:6-disulfonic acid.Dehydrothiotoluidine sulfonic acid, and also other amines that lead tothe formation of metallisable dyestuffs, such as 4-chloro-, 4-nitroor4-methyl-2-aminophenol,

6-chloro, 6-nitroor 6-acetylamino-2-aminophenol-4-sulfonic acid,

2-aminophe110l-4- or-S-sulfonic acid,

3-amino-2-oxybenzoic acid-S-sulfonic acid,

2-aminophenol-4- or -5-sulfonic acid amide,

4: 6-dinitroor 4: 6-dichloro-2-aminophenol,

4-chloroor 4-nitro-2-aminophenol-6-sulfonic acid,

4-nitro-6-chloro-2-aminophenol,

4-nitro-6-acetylamino-Z-aminophenol;

and also condensation products of the aforesaid at least dihalogenatedpyridazines with, for example, monamines which contain, in addition to asufiiciently basic amino group to react with the at least dihalogenatedpyridazine, a substituent convertible into a diazotizable amino group,or with diamines capable of being monoacylated. Especially suitable forsuch monoacylation are aromatic diamines which contain in o-position toan amino group a negative substituent, for example, a sulfonic acid orcarboxylic acid group or a chlorine atom, for example,2:4-diaminobenzene-l-sulfonic acid or 1:4diaminobenzene-2- sulfonicacid. As examples of coupling components to 6 be used in the process ofthe invention there may be mentioned:

1- 2' -dichlorophenyl) -3 -rnethyl-5-pyrazolone-4'- sulfonic acid,

1- 2-chlorophenyl) -3-methyl-5-pyrazolone-S '-sulfonic acid,

1-naphthyl-2- (2 -3-methyl-5-pyrazolone-4' 8'-disulfonic acid,

1- 2'-chloro-phenyl) -3 -methyl-S-aminopyrazole-S sulfonic acid,

Acetoacetic acid ortho-anisidide,

Barbituric acid,

Z-hydroxy-naphthalene-6-sulfonic acid,

2-hydroxy-naphthalene-3 :-disulfonic acid,

2-hydroxy-naphthalene-6: 8-disulfonic acid,

Z-naphthylamine-S 7-disulfonic acid,

1-hydroxy-naphthalene-4-sulfonic acid,

1-l1ydroxy-naphthalene-3 o-disulfonic acid, l-arninonaphthalene-6- or-7-sulionic acid,

Meta-toluidine, cresidine, aminohydroquinone dimethyl ether,

Acetyl-m-phenylenediamine, 2-acryloylamino-5-oxynaphthalene-7-sulfonicacid, 1-acryloylamino-S-oxynaphthalene-3 z-disulfonic acid,

S-ureido-5-hydroxy-naphthaline-7-sulfonic acid,

1-acetylamino-8-hydroxy-naphthalene-3 6-disulfonic acid,

l-benzoylamino-8-hydroxy-naphthalene-3 :6-disulfonic acid,

l-benzoylamino-8-hydroxy-naphthalene-4: 6-disulfonic acid,

l-amino-Z- (4-nitro-phenylazo) -8-hydroxy-naphthalene- 3:6-disulfonicacid, and also the copper complex or the 1:2-cobalt complex ofl-hydroxy-Z-(Z':4-dihydroxyphenylazo -benzene-4-sulfonic acid;

and also condensation products of the aforesaid at least dihalogenatedpyridazines with compounds which contain, in addition to an amino orhydroxyl group or a ketomethylene group that makes coupling possible, anamino group capable of being acylated with at least dihalogenatedpyridazines or a substituent convertible into such an amino group aftercoupling, for example, 2-amino-5-oxynaphthalene-7-sulfonic acid andN-acyl-derivatives thereof. As stated above, the combination of the twocomponents must be so chosen that at least one of them contains theaforesaid pyridazine radical.

Instead of using dyestufr components which already contain the aforesaidhalogen-pyridazine radicals, these radicals may be introduced into thepreformed dyestuffs. Thus, there are obtained by reacting dyestuffswhich contain a group capable of being acylated with at leastdihalogenated .pyridazines, and preferably a primary amino group, forexample, with tetrabromoor tetrachloropyridazine, valuable dyestuifswhich contain reactive substituents capable of reacting chemicallywithtextile materials, such as wool or cotton.

As organic dyestuffs which can be obtained in the manner previouslydescribed or by condensation with the aforesaid polyhalogen-pyridazinesin the presence of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst, there are includeddyestuffs belonging to a very wide variety of classes, for example,nitro-dyestuffs, stilbene dyestuffs, acridone, thioxanthone, azine,thiazine and dioxazine dyestuffs, acid phthalocyanine dyestuffs, acidanthraquinine dyestuifs and especially azo-dyestuffs includingmetal-free and metalliferous monoazoand polyazo-dyestuifs. Especiallygood results are obtained with soluble azo-dyestuffs which have nopronounced affinity for cotton and contain more than one acid groupimparting solubility in water.

As examples of dyestuffs containing acylatable amino groups, which canbe used as starting materials in the process, there may be mentioned:amino-azo-dyestuffs obtainable by the hydrolysisacylamino-aZo-dyestufls, by the reduction of the nitro-group innitro-azo-dyestuifs or or a monoacyl-derivative thereof.

by coupling diazotized aromatic amines with coupling componentscontaining acylatable amino groups, for example, l-amino-3-alkylor1-amino-3-acylaminobenzenes, ,8-keto-carboxylic acid arylides, metaorpara-aminophenyl 5 pyrazolones, amino-naphthol-sulfonic acids,especially those which contain the amino group in fi-position, forexample 2-amino-8-oxynaphthalene-6-sulfonic acid and3-amino-8-oxynaphthalene-6-sulfonic acid or the like; alsoamino-monoazo-dyestuffs obtainable by coupling diazo-coupling componentshereinbefore mentioned; amino-dyestuffs of the anthraquinone series,such as 1- amino-4-(3- or -4-aminophenylamino)-anthraquinone- 2-'sulfonic acid,1-amino-4-(4'-aminophenylamino)-anthraquinone-2'-sulfonic acid,1-amino-4-(4-aminophenylamino) -anthraquinone-Z:2'-disulfonic acid,1-amino-4- (4-'aminophenylamino) -anthraquinone-2 :2 S-trisulfonic acid,and also 1:5-dihydroxy-4:8-diaminoanthraquinone- 2:6-disulfonic acid,1:4- or l:S-diamino-anthraquinone- 2-sulfonic acid; furthermore thereare obtained, for ex ample,.from one mol of a di-, trior tetra-sulfonicacid chloride of a colored anthraquinone derivative or one mol of aphthalocyanine trior tetra-sulfonic acid chloride by partial amidationwith one mol of a diamine, for example, with one mol of adiamino-benzene sulfonic acid Very valuable dyestuffs suitable asstarting materials which, after hydrolysis of the unreacted sulfonicacid chloride groups and any acylamino group that may be present,contain an acylatable amino group which can be condensed, for example,with a trichloropyridazine or with tetrachloro-pyridazine.

The dyestuffs of the invention can also be obtained by condensing, forexample, a phthalocyanine or anthraquinone sulfochloride with anacylatable amine containing one of the aforesaid pyridazine radicals,for example, with an aminophenyl-amino-dior tri-chloropyridazine.

The condensation of the compounds used as dyestuff components, forexample, as diazoor coupling components, and of the dyestuifs containingan acylatable amino group, with the halogenated pyridazines isadvantageously carried out in the presence of an acid-binding agent,such as sodium acetate, sodium hydroxide or sodium carbonate, forexample, in an organic solvent or an aqueous or organic-aqueous medium.

The dyestuffs of this invention are suitable for dyeing or printing a'very wide yariety of materials, especially polyhydroxylated materialsof fibrous structure, such as cellulosic materials, and syntheticfibers, for example, of regenerated cellulose, or natural materials, forexample, linen or especially cotton. In the case of water-solubledyestuif they are suitable for dyeing by the so-called direct dyeingmethod and are also suitable for printing or pad-dyeing methods. Thedyestuifs can be fixed on the goods to be dyed chemically by treatmentwith an alkali and heat, for example, steaming.

In order to improve their properties of wet fastness it is of advantageto subject dyeings or prints so produced :polyamide or polyurethanefibers, from a weakly alkaline, neutral or acid bath, for example, anacetic acid bath.

The dyeings produced with such dyestuffs on wool are distinguished bytheir excellent fastness to washing and fulling.

For the purpose of stabilization there may be mixed with the dyestuffsas extenders, buffers, for example,

'borates or phosphates or a mixture of monosodium and disodiumphosphate.

Example 1 9.4 parts of 2:4-diaminobenzene-l-sulfonic acid are 5dissolved in 300 parts of Water and 15 parts of anhydrous sodium acetateare added. There is then added a solution of 13.08 parts of3:4:5:6-tetrachloropyridazine in 150 parts of alcohol, and the mixtureis heated under reflux (temperature of 80 to 85 C.) for to hours. 10After being cooled, the reaction mixture is diluted with water, and theresulting clear solution is acidified with about parts of concentratedhydrochloric acid. The precipitated product is filtered off, and washedwith an aqueous solution of sodium chloride and dried in vacuo 15 at 60to 65 C. The condensation product so obtained has the formula orconsists of a mixture of compounds of these formulae.

7.39 parts of the above condensation product in 300 parts of water areneutralized with sodium carbonate, and diazotized at 5 C. with 10 partsof a 2 N-solution of sodium nitrite and 5 parts of concentratedhydrochloric acid. The yellow suspension of the diazo-compound is thenpoured into an ice-cold solution of 6.46 parts of 1 (2'15dichlorophenyl)-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone-4'-sulfonic acid and 15 parts ofsodium bicarbonate in 300 parts of water. After coupling has occurred,the dyestufi is filtered ofi, washed with sodium chloride solution of15% strength and dried in vacuo at 60 to 65 C. The dyestutf so obtaineddyes cotton in the manner described in Example 4 greenish-yellow tintsof excellent fastness to washing.

By using, instead of1-(2':5'-dichlorophenyl)-3-rnethyl-5-pyrazolone-4-sulfonic acid, acorresponding quantity of one of the coupling components given in columnII of the following table and otherwise proceeding in the mannerdescribed in the second paragraph of this example, there is obtained adyestuff which dyes cotton the tint given in column III.

I II III HzC-C O-GH;

3.. NHO 0 Greenish yellow.

OCH:

/NH-Cg 4.. C O\ /CH Do.

NHC O Orange.

5..-. HOsS 6.. OH Scarlet.

HO S- SO3H SOsH Orange.

s HOaS@-NH Do.

I SOaH 9 Scarlet.

I SOaH HO:;S SO H 11.. Orange.

HOaS- NHCONH2 HO 171110 0 CH3 12--. Bluish red.

H03S -SO3H HOaS- -S03H HO NHC 0 6 14". Red.

HOaS

8 Example 2 21.9 parts of the dyestuff of the formula O SOsH areneutralized in 300 parts of water with sodium carbonate, and 15 parts ofanhydrous sodium acetate are added. To the solution so obtained is addeda solution of 15 parts of 3:4z5z6-tetrachloropyridazine in 150 parts ofalcohol, and the whole is heated for 10 to 15 hours under reflux. Aftercooling the mixture, the dyestuif is completely precipitated with sodiumchloride, and is then filtered 0E and dried. The product so obtaineddyes cotton in the manner described in Example 4 bluish-red tints.

By using, instead of the dyestuif of the above formula, correspondingquantities of the dyestuffs mentioned in column H of they followingTable and acylating their amino group with 3:4:5 z6-tetrachloropyridazine in the manner described in this example, there areobtained dyestufis which dye cotton the tints given in column II III SOH Reddish yellow.

NHCOCH;

1 3 Example 3 13.05 parts of the monosodium salt ofZ-amino-S-oxynaphthalene-7-sulfonic acid are dissolved in 300 parts ofWater and 15 parts of anhydrous sodium acetate are added. To thesolution so obtained is added a solution of 13.08 parts of3:4:5:6-tetrachloropyridazine in 150 parts of alcohol, and the reactionmixture is heated for a few hours at 70 to 75 C. until the amino groupof the Z-amino--oxynaphthalene-7-sulfonic acid can no longer bedetected. By the addition of sodium chloride the reaction product formedis completely precipitated.

The intermediate product so obtained can be used as a couplingcomponent. When coupled, for example, with diazotizedZ-amino-benzene-sulfonic acid it yields a dyestuff which dyes cotton bythe method described in Example 4 orange tints.

Example 4 2 parts of the dyestuif obtained as described in the first andsecond paragraphs of Example 1 are mixed with 20 parts of urea, and themixture is dissolved in 28 parts of water and the solution is stirredinto 40 parts of a sodium alginate thickening of 5% strength. There arethen added parts of a sodium carbonate solution of 10% strength.

A cotton fabric is printed with the above printing composition on aroller printing machine, and the print is dried and steamed for 8minutes at 100 C. in saturated steam. The printed material is thenthoroughly rinsed in cold and hot Water and dried.

Example 5 2 parts of the dyestuif obtained as described in the first andsecond paragraphs of Example 2 are mixed with parts of urea, and themixture is dissolved in 100 parts of water. After the addition of 2parts of sodium carbonate, a cotton fabric is impregnated with thesolution, and is then squeezed to a weight increase of 75% and dried.The cotton is then subjected for 5 minutes to dry heat at 140 C., and isthen rinsed, soaped at the boil, rinsed and dried.

Example 6 2 parts of dyestuff No. 21 of the table in Example 2 aredissolved in 400 parts of Water, 10 parts of crystalline sodium sulfateare added, and 100 parts of wellwetted wool are entered into the dyebathat 40 to 50 C. 2 parts of acetic acid of 40% strength are then added,the bath is brought to the boil in the course of half an hour, anddyeing is carried on for of an hour at the boil. Finally the wool isrinsed with cold water and dried. The wool is dyed a reddish-blue tintwhich is fast to washing and is of good fastness to light.

We claim:

1. A water-soluble organic dyestulf which contains at least 2 sulfonicacid groups and corresponds to the formula wherein D represents theradical of a member selected from the group consisting of anthraquinone,phthalocyanine, stilbene, nitro, oxazine, thioxanthone and azodyestuffcontaining at most three azo groups, n represents a Whole number up to6, and wherein the pyridazinylamino group is directly bound to a phenylnucleus of the dyestulf molecule.

14 2. A water-soluble organic dyestulf of the formula or N/ CCl D1NH C1in which D is the radical of an azo dyestulf molecule containing atleast two sulfonic acid groups and at most two azo groups, and whereinthe pyridazinylamino group is directly bound to a phenyl nucleus of thedyestulf molecule.

3. A Water-soluble anthraquinone dyestulf containing two sulfonic acidgroups and a radical of the formula 4. A complex metal compoundcontaining a metal selected from the group consisting of copper, cobaltand chromium bound in complex union with a monoazodyestuff according toclaim 2.

5. The monoazo dyestuff corresponding to the formula 31 on N 0-01 or M-NH- -N=N-C=O N o 01- N- sonar L o SOaH 1 CN e 6. The monoazo dyestulfcorresponding to the formula C NHz SOsH 7. The monoazo dyestulfcorresponding to the formula 0H NHC o-O 9. A complex copper compoundcontaining one atom of copper in complex union with substantially onemolecule of a monoazo dyestuif of the formula I 10. complex cobaltcompound containing one atom 11. An anthraquinone dyestulf correspondingto the of cobalt in complex union with substantially two formulamolecules of a monoazo dyestufr' of the formula NH2 N HO3S- NHI 12. Adisazo dyestuff corresponding to the formula IC1 O OH NH, N CCl I M --NH--N N N=N No, 01 N /0 L cli -sosrr noas- SO H References Cited in thefile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,886,480 Haller et a1. Nov.8, 1932 FOREIGN PATENTS 1,182,006 France June 22, 1959 822,948 GreatBritain Nov. 4, 1959 1,221,621 France June 2, 1960 1,225,281 France June30, 1960 1,247,660 France Oct. 24, 1960 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICECERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 3, 127,389 March 31, 1964 KarlSeitz et a1.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the above numbered patentrequiring correction and that the said Letters Patent should read ascorrected below.

Column 14, lines 29 to 35, for that portion of the formula reading F--c:c I N-- I read 1 'C; .-N/ fzN CH CH Signed and sealed this 4th dayof August 1964.

(SEAL) Attest:

ERNEST W. SWIDER EDWARD J. BRENNER Attesting Officer Commissioner ofPatents

1. A WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC DYESTUFF WHICH CONTAINS AT LEAST 2 SULFONICACID GROUPS AND CORRESPONDS TO THE FORMULA